Tag archive: travel
Missing Suly
I want to cry when I think of this: I preferred to buy groceries in the basement of the mall, Rand Gallery. Sure, there was a market just at the end of our block, but it had less variety. Rand… continue reading »
Go get a life
At a panel discussion with top literary magazine editors at the College Media Advisers NYC conference Monday, a quote by Rainer Maria Rilke came up. You’ve heard it before: “Write what you know.” One of the editors pointed out that… continue reading »
Jeremy Courtney is legit.
I’ve had this blog in my head for a while. I didn’t want to write it until I was home in the States. I didn’t want anyone to think Jeremy coerced me into writing it. I promise: no coercing took… continue reading »
Nine of the fifteen people I live with
I love them. Back-front, L-R:JoeyD-BuckSophiePopBenjiMe! (Laurenzo)Claireta “Killer”AlexiEl PresidenteLydEstah
Happy (belated) America Day from Iraq
It’s fun celebrating an American holiday abroad. I highly recommend it. I love that no one understood why we ran to the basement Ferdos market to find sparklers; or why we made a makeshift American flag and saluted to it.… continue reading »
Nom nom nom
I think I’ve grown out of my picky eating phase. Unlike 8-year-old Lauren, I now eat mushrooms, onions, thin crust pizza, Subway, most fruits, etc. I still won’t eat tomatoes, but that’s beside the point. Finding food in Iraq that… continue reading »
Baghdad
Last Friday I met an girl named Shahoda who’s a university student in our city. She’s one of the first Arabs I’ve met since being here, which immediately piqued my curiosity. I got lunch with her, Claire, Elise and Sarah… continue reading »
Meeting Honya and Mohammad
After Preemptive Love sends kids into heart surgery, they continue to check up on them through a program called FollowThrough. This program allows PLC to make sure the kids are adjusting to life, are healthy, and so on. Thursday Claire,… continue reading »
Life in Iraq: careers
I’ve been sitting in on Preston and Claire’s English class on Monday and Wednesday evenings, just to listen to English-speaking Kurds talk about life. It’s an advanced class; everyone can converse in English quite well. (Every once in a while… continue reading »
Goforth
Hi, friends, from Sulaymaniyah. As you know from my last two posts, I started my Preemptive Love Coalition internship a few days late. (Thanks, Delta.) Tuesday was my first day; Wednesday was my first day in the office. I love… continue reading »